Local Engines of Growth
From smart manufacturing and innovative agriculture to cross-border cooperation bases, China’s counties present diverse answers to the challenge of achieving high-quality development.
From smart manufacturing and innovative agriculture to cross-border cooperation bases, China’s counties present diverse answers to the challenge of achieving high-quality development.
China’s counties are on track to witness high-quality development rooted in local conditions.
Despite its sufferings and pivotal role in the World Anti-Fascist War, China has followed a development trajectory culminating in its current status as a major country, assuming greater responsibilities and championing key initiatives on the international stage.
The Global South is finding its voice, and China is providing the framework for that voice.
Unlike some other countries, China’s military might is solely to provide a secure basis, a great wall of iron and steel, for the Chinese people to live a peaceful and happy life and to help secure, preserve and defend world peace.
Walking through villages now lit by electricity, schools where students of all backgrounds are taught side by side and cities linked by modern rail and road, it becomes clear that Xizang is not a relic of history but a society in motion.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has developed into an important international mechanism for global governance and international cooperation.
Beijing’s efforts to pursue peace through dialogue, support for the U.N.-centered governance system and promotion of mutual coexistence, multilateralism and non-interference embody its apolitical vision to safeguard security and foster the peaceful development of all nations.
The trend is clear: As China becomes a more influential player on the global stage, it has used multiple soft power methods to make the world a better place.
China’s dedication to supporting global development—whether through trade or aid—is now second to none. It beckons a new model for global peace and security, one that we might eventually recognize as representing a new era of real peace, a Pax Humana.
The SCO Tianjin Summit 2025 will emphasize a key geopolitical trend of the 21st century. Regional groups that bridge political differences are critical spaces for dialogue and strategic positioning in a world marked by fragmentation.
Commemoration must be more than remembrance. To honour those who sacrificed, we must relearn the lesson they taught: that unity is not an option, but a necessity.